Forida State University Combined BA and MA in Philosophy

I just recently ran across this somewhat strange but very innovative Philosophy program. 

 "The combined bachelors/masters degree programs provide academically talented students an opportunity to complete a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in a shorter time span".

 This seems like a great way for students to ease themselves into graduate student life. I know that my letters of recommendation and writing sample would have been better if I had another year in UCSC. 

It seems to me what this program really does is let the GREAT candidates go off to Phd's, but offers the decent candidates the opportunity to hone their skills in an academic environment.

Some information about this philosophy program HERE

Top Continental Programs

These are lists of top continental programs which I have found all over the web. The full lists are included but I will also include a smaller list of which schools they all agree on and which almost all agree on. 

The lists were taken from the following:

Hartman Report

SPEP (The Society for Phenomenological and Existential  Philosophy)

Earlham College

Puralists Guide

The Philosophical Gourment

All 5 Lists agree on the following Universities:

#more

Penn State

SUNY Stony Brook

Emory: 

Northwestern

Boston College

Loyola - Chicago

Notre Dame

New School for Social Research

4 out of 5 agree on the following universities. (~Name) is who did not list the school.

Universtiy of Memphis (~Lieter)

Villanova (~Lieter)

Depaul (~Lieter)

U of Texas at Austin (~Pluralists Guide)

Duquesne (~ Lieter)

Boston University (~Pluralists Guide)

University of Oregon (~Lieter)

Georgetown (~Hartmann) 

UC Riverside (~Hartmann)

University of South Florida (~ Hartmann)

University of Toronto (~Hartmann)

Vanderbilt  University ( ~ Hartmann)

There were a lot of universities which 3 agreed on probably in the range of 20-30. That seemed a bit over the top.

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From John Hartmann at the Hartman Report

Penn State: 
SUNY Stony Brook: 
U Memphis:   
Villanova:  
Emory: 

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Other Notable Programs:

Northwestern
Boston College
Depaul
Loyola U. of Chicago
SIU Carbondale: 
Notre Dame: 
U of Texas at Austin: 
The New School:  
Duquesne: 
Boston University:   
U Oregon:    

From SPEP (The Society for Phenomenological and Existential  Philosophy)

Listed here are self-descriptions of Philosophy Departments interested in, supportive of, or specializing in continental philosophy.

• American University *
• Baylor University
• Boston College
• Boston University
• Brock University
• Catholic University of America
• DePaul University
• Duquesne University
• Emory University
• Fordham University
• Franciscan University of Steubenville *
• Georgetown University
• Louisiana State University *
• Loyola Marymount University *
• Loyola University of Chicago
• Marquette University
• McGill University
• Miami University in Oxford, Ohio *
• Michigan State University
• New School of Social Research
• Northern Illinois University, DeKalb *
• Northwestern University
• Ohio University *
• Pennsylvania State University
• Purdue University
• Rice University
• Ryerson University *
• San Jose State University *
• Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• St. Louis University
• Stanford University
• SUNY Binghamton
• SUNY Buffalo
• SUNY Stony Brook
• Syracuse University
• Texas A&M University
• Tulane University
• University College Dublin
• University of California at Berkeley
• University of California at Irvine
• University of California at Santa Cruz *
• University of California, Riverside
• University of Colorado, Denver *
• University of Dallas
• University of Essex
• University of Guelph
• University of Guelph
• University of Kentucky
• University of Louisville *
• University of Memphis
• University of Missouri
• University of Montana *
• University of Montreal
• University of New Mexico
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Oregon
• University of Ottawa
• University of Rhode Island
• University of South Carolina
• University of South Florida
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Toledo
• University of Toronto
• Vanderbilt University
• Villanova University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Yale University

From Ferit Güven, Philosophy Department, Earlham College

http://legacy.earlham.edu/~phil/gradsch.html

It is based on personal knowledge of our faculty and flyers and catalogues for graduate programs in philosophy. Since this list has been posted online, it has also been influenced by email correspondence with graduate students and faculty. If you know of a program which ought to be listed here, or struck from the list, please let me know, and please be patient with the suggested updates.

Boston College

Boston University

California State University, Long Beach, MA only

Catholic University of America

DePaul University (Chicago)

Duquesne University (Pittsburgh)

Emory University (Atlanta)

Fordham University (New York)

Georgetown University

Louisiana State University, MA only

Loyola Marymount University

Loyola University of Chicago

Marquette University

McGill University

Miami University (Oxford, Ohio),

New School for Social Research (New York)

Northwestern University (Chicago)

Pennsylvania State University (State College)

Purdue University (West Lafayette)

Rice University

San Jose State University, MA only

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

St. Louis University

SUNY Binghamton,

Stony Brook (Stony Brook)

Syracuse University,

Tulane University

University of California, Riverside

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of Kentucky (Lexington)

University of Louisville, MA only

University of Memphis

University of Missouri at Columbia

University of Montana, MA only

University of Montreal

University of New Mexico

University of Notre Dame

University of Oregon

University of Ottawa

University of South Carolina

University of South Florida

University of Texas, Austin

University of Toronto

Vanderbilt University (Nashville)

Villanova University (Philadelphia)

Washington University

Yale University

From Puralists Guide

For this year (2011) we are reporting on graduate programs in two categories:

Strongly Recommended departments have indications that graduate students will be encouraged and supported to pursue work in this area, will find a supportive community of scholars and mentors, and will be able to write a state of the art dissertation in continental philosophy.

Recommended departments have indications that graduate students will be encouraged and supported to pursue work in continental philosophy.

Strongly Recommended Departments:

Recommended Departments:

Boston College DePaul Duquesne Emory Fordham Loyola-Chicago Marquette New School for Social Research Penn State SUNY-Binghamton SUNY-Stony Brook U. of Memphis U. of Oregon Vanderbilt Villanova From The Philosophical Gorment 19TH–CENTURY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY Group 1 (1-2) (mean of 4.5) (median, mode) New York University (4.5, 5) University of Chicago (5, 5) Group 2 (3-10) (mean of 4.0) (median, mode) Brown University (4, 4) Columbia University (4, 4) Georgetown University (4.25, 5) Indiana University, Bloomington (4, 4) Syracuse University (4, 3) University of California, Riverside (4, 4) #University of Southampton University of Warwick (4, 4.25) Group 3 (11-18)  (mean of 3.5) (median, mode) Boston University (4, 3.5 & 4.5) Cambridge University (3.5, 4) Princeton University (3.5, 4) Stanford University (3.75, 4) *University of Essex University of Notre Dame (3.5, 3 & 3.5) University of Sheffield (4, 4) University of Toronto (4, 4.5) Group 4 (19-31)  (mean of 3.0) (median, mode) #Emory University Johns Hopkins University (3.5, 3.5) Northwestern University (3, 3) #University at Stony Brook, State University of New York University College London (3.5, 3.75) University of California, San Diego (3, 3) University of Auckland (2.75, 3.5) University of Illinois, Chicago (3, 3) *University of Kentucky *University of New Mexico University of Pennsylvania (3.5, 4) University of Pittsburgh (3.25, 4) University of Texas, Austin (2.75, 3) 20TH–CENTURY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY Group 1 (1-3) (rounded mean of 4.0) (median, mode) Georgetown University (4, 4.5) University of California, Riverside (4, 4) University of Chicago (4, 5) Group 2 (4-10)  (rounded mean of 3.5) (median, mode) Cambridge University (3.75, 3) Columbia University (4, 4.25) #University at Stony Brook, State University of New York *University College Dublin #University of Essex University of Notre Dame (4, 4.5) University of Warwick (3.5, 4) Group 3 (11-31) (rounded mean of 3.0) (median, mode) *Boston College Boston University (3, 3) Harvard University (3, 3) *Loyola University, Chicago *New School University New York University (3, 3) Northwestern University (3, 3) Oxford University (3.5, 3) #Pennsylvania State University Stanford University (3, 3) Syracuse University (3.25, 3) University College London (3, 3) University of Auckland (3, 3) University of California, Berkeley (3, 3) University of California, Santa Cruz (3, 3.25) *University of Kentucky *University of New Mexico University of South Florida (3, 2) *University of Sussex University of Toronto (3, 3) *Vanderbilt University